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Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, attends a meeting of Arab foreign ministers in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on March 29, 2015. (Mohamed El-Shahed, AFP)
Baghdad - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Baghdad on
Monday for meetings with Iraq's leaders, a UN official confirmed.
"The secretary general will meet Iraqi leaders to discuss the
political and security developments in the country," the official said,
who was not authorized to speak about the UN chief's visit. Ban was last in
Iraq in August.
The secretary general's visit comes as Iraq remains mired in war
with the militant group Islamic State, which occupies nearly one-third of the
country.
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